Matthew 10:16-25 - Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore prudent as serpents and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But keep yourselves from men, for they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; ¹⁸ and ye shall even be brought before princes and kings for my sake, for testimony unto them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. ²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹ And brother shall deliver up brother unto death, and the father the child, and children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And ye shall be hated of all men for my name, but he that endures to the end shall be saved. ²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another, for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come. ²⁴ The disciple is not above his master, nor the slave above his lord. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the slave as his lord. If they have called the husband of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?

⁹ Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰ And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another. ¹¹ And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. ¹² And because lawlessness shall abound, the charity of many shall wax cold. ¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

⁹ But take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up in the councils, and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten; and ye shall be called before rulers and kings for my sake for a testimony unto them. ¹⁰ And the gospel needs to be preached unto all the Gentiles first. ¹¹ But when they shall bring you to deliver you up, do not premeditate beforehand what ye shall speak, neither think ye regarding it, but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² Now the brother shall deliver the brother unto death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents and shall kill them. ¹³ And ye shall be hated by everyone for my name, but he that shall persevere unto the end, the same shall be saved.

¹² But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. ¹³ And it shall turn out to you for a testimony. ¹⁴ Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what ye shall answer; ¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. ¹⁶ And ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolk and friends, and some of you they shall cause to be put to death. ¹⁷ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. ¹⁸ But not a hair of your head shall perish. ¹⁹ In your patience ye shall possess your souls.

¹ These things I have spoken unto you that ye should not be offended. ² They shall put you out of the synagogues, and the hour will even come when whosoever kills you will think that he does God service. ³ And they will do these things unto you because they do not know the Father, nor me. ⁴ But I have told you these things that when that hour shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And I did not say these things unto you at the beginning because I was with you.